Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 August 1961

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Gough raped and strangled 6-year-old Eleanor Wendle in Brimington on 20 August.
(21 November 1881)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3347 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 3rd of August 1961 63 years ago He Didn't Want to be an American Anymore
38-year-old hijacker Leonard Bearden and his 16-year-old son Cody are the first men ever to sky-jack a commercial Continental Airlines Flight 54 Boeing 707 to Cuba in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Bearden's adventure ended in El Paso when a dozen federal agents opened fire with submachine guns, shredding the jet’s landing gear and destroying one of its engines during takeoff after a refuel.